=============================== THIRD ANNUAL ALL-STAR GAME LIVE FROM THE MONTREAL FORUM DECEMBER 25, 1998 =============================== PLAY-BY-PLAY DESCRIPTION FIRST PERIOD (Hasek vs. Fiset) Face-off - Reichel wins vs. Allison and Jagr has the puck. 0:00 Jagr loses the puck to LeClair. 0:40 LeClair passes to Allison, Allison shoots from inside (IS6), but Fiset makes an easy save with the pad. Duchesne controls the puck in the West zone. 1:20 McLaren steals it and shoots from the blue line (OS8), Fiset can't control it but Friesen is there to pick up the rebound. 2:00 Friesen passes to Jagr who one-times it (IS3-S12-6) AND SCORES! Friesen picks up the assist. Face-off - Allison is replaced by LeClair. Reichel wins it and gets control of the puck. 2:40 Reichel loses the puck to Allison. 3:20 The puck is brought into the Western's zone, LeClair gets past Jagr and shoots (IS9), but Fiset makes the save and gives the puck to Duchesne. 4:00 McLaren steals it from Duchesne and shoots (OS9), but Fiset blocks it. Fiset gives it to Jagr. 4:40 Jagr loses the puck to LeClair who shoots from the blue line as the East changes lines (OS7), but Fiset stops it with his cookie. He gives it to Lindros who just jumped on the ice. FORWARD LINE CHANGE 5:20 Lindros passes to Yzerman, who gets past Langenbrunner. Yzerman shoots! But Hasek's quick glove makes the save (IS6). Hasek leaves the puck for Zhitnik. 6:00 Zhitnik tries to get out of the zone, but Bourque steals the puck, shoots (IS12-S11-11) AND SCORES!! Hasek was powerless to stop that blast! DEFENSEMEN CHANGE Face-off - Yzerman wins vs. Brind'Amour and the puck goes to Yzerman. 6:40 In the Eastern territory, Lindros shoots from up close (IS5), but Hasek stops it and give it to Zubov. 7:20 The puck is challenged, taken by Langenbrunner who shoots (IS12), but Fiset stops and freezes it. Face-off in the Western zone - Yzerman wins vs. Brind'Amour and controls the puck. 8:00 Leetch gets behind the defense and has a breakaway, he shoots (BKY3-S14-5) AND SCORES!!! Through the five-hole! Hasek has been beaten by three shots out of five, all three splits! Face-off - Brind'Amour wins vs. Yzerman and the puck goes to Langenbrunner. 8:40 Zubov gets inside, he shoots, but Fiset blocks it with the pad (IS9) and redirects it to Courtnall. The crowd cheers!!! 9:20 Bondra steals it from Courtnall, and the crowd boos. Bondra penetrates close to the net, he shoots (IS8), Fiset stops it, Brind'Amour tries to take advantage of the rebound (REB9), but once again, Fiset is outstanding! Hamrlik has the puck. FORWARD LINE CHANGE 10:00 The puck goes to Fleury who's in, he shoots (IS6-8), HE SCORES!!!! Hasek seemed out of sync on this shot. He has now been beaten by four of six shots on goal. Face-off - Fleury wins vs. Francis and Leetch controls the puck. 10:40 Leetch blunders and Steve Heinze goes in alone vs. Fiset, Fiset tries to pokecheck him and the puck hits his skate (BKY8), Heinze gets it back and shoots, but Fiset makes another incredible save (REB8), but he can't control it and Heinze shoots in an open net (REB3-6). Heinze had to whack it three times for the puck to go in and the Eastern Conference in on the scoreboard. Face-off - Fleury wins vs. Francis and Khristich has the puck. 11:20 Khristich loses the puck, but Francis fans on it as he tried to shoot from the blue line. Leetch controls the puck. 12:00 Leetch sees the opening and sends Hamrlik in alone against Hasek, Hasek stops it (BKY8), Leetch on the rebound, Hasek stops it again (REB7) and Francis takes back the puck. 12:40 Francis passes to Heinze who gets past Fleury and shoots (IS7-10), but Fiset saw it and freezes the puck. Face-off in Western Zone - Francis wins vs. Fleury and Zubov has the puck. He attempts a pass, but Leetch intercepts it and leaves it for Lidstrom. DEFENSEMEN CHANGE 13:20 Lidstrom passes the puck to Khristich who tries to one-time it (IS3), but Kasparaitis lifted his stick and stole the puck. 14:00 Kasparaitis bubbles the puck and Fleury is on a breakaway, tries to get Hasek on his left (BKY5), but the Polar Sphinx goalie come up big. Francis gets control of the puck and leaves it for Whitney. FORWARD LINE CHANGE 14:40 Whitney sets up Perreault who lets one go (IS10), but Fiset blocks it and gives it to Shanahan. 15:20 But Campbell steals the puck from Shanahan, he goes for the long shot (OS11) that Fiset handles easily. Recchi tries to get out of the zone. 16:00 Recchi loses the puck to Perreault. 16:40 The puck goes to Whitney who shoots from far away, easily stopped by Fiset (OS7) and Niedermayer has it. 17:20 Niedermayer loses the puck in front of his net, Perreault shoots, but Fiset saves Niedermayer's ass (IS11). Shanahan attacks. 18:00 Shanahan tries to get past Campbell who slashes him. Referee Richard Trottier saw it and Campbell will go to the box. Power play for the Western Conference. Face-off - Forsberg wins vs. Francis and Shanahan has control of the puck. 18:40 Shanahan sets up Jagr, he shoots, but Hasek saw it (IS10). He gives it to Kasparaitis. Kasparaitis ices the puck... 19:20 ...and the puck is pick up by Gill who also ices it. Kasparaitis recovers the puck as the buzzer announces the end of the first period. After the first period, WESTERN 4 EASTERN 1. Shots on goals : EASTERN 17, WESTERN 10 SECOND PERIOD (Belfour vs Brodeur) Face-off - Forsberg wins vs. Francis, Bourque has the puck. 0:00 Shanahan tries a shot from the blue line as Campbell is back on the ice and Belfour has to make a huge save (OS4-5) at the beginning of the period. Zhitnik has the puck. 0:40 Bourque steals the puck from Zhitnik, and shoots immediately, but Belfour blocks it (OS6). Allison tries to mount an attack. 1:20 Reichel misses the puck, LeClair has it, he shoots, HE SCORES!!! (IS11-6-S16-15) and Eastern is within two goals. Face-off - Reichel wins vs. Allison and Friesen has the puck. 2:00 Selanne steals the puck from Friesen and tries to get past Duchesne, but the Rainier D-man is solid and steals the puck from the Finnish Flash. 2:40 Duchesne still has the puck, he passes to Friesen who shoots (REB8), Belfour lost it, but Zhitnik scoops it up. 3:20 Zhitnik loses the puck in front of his net to Jagr, he shoots, HE SCORES!! (IS11-8-S17-7) Western regains his three-goal lead. Face-off - Allison wins vs. Reichel and LeClair has it. 4:00 LeClair loses the puck to Jagr. 4:40 Jagr loses the puck back to LeClair who leaves it for Langenbrunner. FORWARD LINE CHANGE 5:20 Langenbrunner loses it and Geoff Courtnall is on a breakaway, he shoots (IS6-10)... Oh! Miraculous save by Belfour who slows down the action by covering the puck. Face-off in Western Zone - Yzerman wins vs. Brind'Amour, Courtnall picks it up, gets past Bondra, he shoots but Belfour resists (IS5) and Zhitnik has the puck. 6:00 Zhitnik passes to Bondra who shoots right away, but Brodeur is there (IS6). Courtnall has the puck. DEFENSEMEN CHANGE 6:40 The action is transported in the Eastern territory, Yzerman shoots (IS8), rebound, Courtnall picks it up, but Belfour came back on time (REB6-6). The puck is frozen. Face-off in Eastern zone - Yzerman wins vs. Brind'Amour, has the puck, gets past Langenbrunner, Yzerman shoots, but Belfour saves it (IS7) and redirects it to Bondra. 7:20 Bondra sees Brind'Amour behind the defense, Brind'Amour gets the puck and goes all alone in front of Brodeur, but the Arenas goalie stops it (BRK5) before ceding the puck to Yzerman). 8:00 Langenbrunner intercepts the pass at the blue line and shoots, but Brodeur stops it (IS12) and slows the action by freezing the puck. Face-off in Western Zone - Yzerman wins vs. Brind'Amour and keeps the puck. 8:40 Lindros has the puck at the Eastern blue line, passes to Courtnall who shoots (IS10-4), but Belfour says no once again. Zubov has the puck. 9:20 Zubov passes to Brind'Amour who then tries to get past Hamrlik, but can't and Hamrlik launches a new Western attack. FORWARD LINE CHANGE 10:00 Hamrlik passes to Smolinski, but the Vulture loses the puck to Gretzky as he tried to penetrate. 10:40 Gretzky loses it immediately and Smolinski shoots from the blue line, easily stopped by Belfour (OS4) who gives it to Heinze. 11:20 Fleury stops Heinze and shoots, but Belfour resists again. Heinze will try again... 12:00 Heinze tries to get past Fleury. Fleury hooks him and a whistle is heard. First power play for the East. Face-off - Allison wins vs. Yzerman and Selanne controls the puck. 12:40 Zhitnik shoots from the blue line, but Brodeur stops it (OS7). Yzerman has the puck and skates around once, twice... 13:20 ... Yzerman still has the puck and skates around for the third time and kills time... He skates again and goes on a breakaway! 14:00 Fleury gets back on the ice... Yzerman shoots AND SCORES!! (BKY3-S16-11). Almost shorthanded... Face-off - Fleury wins vsw. Francis. Lidstrom has the puck. DEFENSEMEN CHANGE 14:40 Lidstrom passes to Khristich who shoots weakly (IS11) and Belfour freezes it. There will be a faceoff to his left. Face-off in Eastern zone - Francis wins vs. Fleury, Heinze leaves the puck to Campbell. FORWARD LINE CHANGE 15:20 The puck goes to Whitney in front of Brodeur, he shoots, HE SCORES! (IS7-7). The West lead is cut to 6-3. Face-off - Perreault wins vs. Forsberg and Kasparaitis has the puck. 16:00 Kasparaitis loses the puck to Shanahan who shoots, but Belfour resists (IS11) and the puck goes to Ozolinsh. 16:40 Lidstrom lifts Ozolinsh's stick and shoots (IS2-S9-16), but Belfour saves the situation again and freezes the puck. Face-off in Eastern zone - Forsberg wins vs. Perreault, Shanahan passes to Forsberg who shoots (IS4-2), and Belfour has to star again. Ozolinsh starts with the puck. 17:20 Ozolinsh leaves to puck back to Kasparaitis who shoots (IS10), but Brodeur blocks it easily. Forsberg with the puck... 18:00 ... leaves it back for Llidstrom, but Perreault jumps on a free puck and shoots from the blue line (OS7). Brodeur blocks it. Forsberg will try again. 18:40 Perreault steals again, sees Whitney in front of the net, passes, Whitney shoots AND SCORES! (IS7-7). Face-off - Forsberg wins vs. Perreault and Lidstrom has the puck. 19:20 Confusion in the Eastern defense, and Recchi sends Forsberg alone in a breakaway, Forsberg dekes left, and right, AND SCORES!! (BKY7-7). After two periods, WESTERN 7 EASTERN 4. Shots on goal: WESTERN 17 for 27, EASTERN 9 for 26. THIRD PERIOD (Kolzig vs Roy) Face-off - Allison wins vs. Reichel. LeClair gains control of the puck. 0:00 LeClair passes to Allison who shoots (IS7-2), but Roy blocks his first shot of the period. He gives it to Friesen. 0:40 Friesen gets past Selanne, but is held by him. The whistle blows. Selanne will spend two in the box. Face-off - Forsberg wins vs. Francis and sends the puck to Lidstrom. 1:20 Bourque gets inside, he shoots, but Kolzig blocks it (IS6) and Brind'Amour kills some time before icing it... 2:00 ... Forsberg shoots from his blue line, stopped again by Kolzig (OS5). Francis skates with it and ices the puck... 2:40 ... as Selanne got back on the ice. Francis recovers the puck and leaves it to LeClair. 3:20 Selanne gets the puck and shoots (IS10), but Roy saves it. Roy tries to pass to Jagr and the puck goes in the stands. It seems that... Yes, the referee goes to the announcer. Roy will get two for delay of game, penalty that will be served by Reichel. Face-off in Western zone - Allison is replaced by LeClair, Yzerman wins vs. LeClair, tries to skate with the puck, but Zhinik steals it, passes to Selanne, he shoots... 4:00 HE SCORES!! (IS11-8-S17-15). A power play goal that bring the East within two! Face-off - Allison wins vs. Reichel, McLaren's got control of the puck. 4:40 Zhitnik is in Western territory, he shoots, but Roy saves it (IS7). Roy gives it to Jagr who leaves it for Yzerman. FORWARD LINE CHANGE 5:20 Yzerman tries a head-down pass and Bondra intercepts, goes all alone but Roy makes the first save (BKY8), Brind'Amour takes the rebound and Roy also frustrates him (REB8). Yzerman comes to the rescue. 6:00 Yzerman passes to Lindros, who passes to Courtnall... What a GREAT PASS! Courtnall is alone, he shoots, Kolzig rejects it (BRK8) and Brind'Amour scoops up the rebound. DEFENSEMEN CHANGE 6:40 Bondra, inside the Western zone, shoots (IS4). Roy was there, though, and gives it back to Courtnall. 7:20 Geoff Courtnall passes to Lindros who tries to get past Gill, but can't. 8:00 Gill to Zubov who passes to Brind'Amour who shoots (IS8), Roy stops it, Bondra on the rebound, HE SCORES! (REB7-7) And the Eastern Conference are one goal shy to complete the comeback. It's a brand new game!! Face-off - Brind'Amour wins vs. Yzerman. Gill has control. 8:40 Hamlik steals from Gill and shoots. Kolzig stops it (IS6) and Brind'Amour has the puck. 9:20 The action is transported in the Western zone. Langenbrunner gets in front of Roy, he shoots, Roy makes the save (IS7). Lindros has the puck and leaves it to Smolinski as both clubs are changing lines... FORWARD LINE CHANGE 10:00 Smolinski to Fleury, Fleury shoots and Kolzig doesn't take any chances (IS6-5). There will be a faceoff to his right. Face-off in Eastern zone - Francis wins vs. Fleury, Heinze mounts an attack... 10:40 Heinze loses control of the puck and Hamrlik is on a breakaway... again. He shoots and Kolzig stops him (BKY7). Face-off in Eastern zone - Fleury wins vs. Francis, Hamrlik attempts a pass, but Francis intercepts it. 11:20 Francis loses the puck in the neutral zone, Smolinski takes it and shoots from the blue line. Kolzig doesn't have any trouble with this one (OS6). He leaves the puck to Gill. 12:00 Gill loses the puck, Leetch closes in Kolzig, he shoots, but Kolzig is once again solid (IS3). Puck goes to Zubov. 12:40 Gretzky, at the blue line, he gets past Smolinski (no big feat there!), he shoots, Roy can't control it (IS8) but Hamrlik is there and leaves the puck to Niedermayer as he retreats to his bench for changes. DEFENSEMEN CHANGE 13:20 Niedermayer can't get it out of his zone, Heinze shoots but Roy redirects it to Khristich (IS9). 14:00 Francis steals it from Khristich but shoots from far away. No problem for Roy there (OS10). Lidstrom has the puck. 14:40 Lidstrom spots Fleury and sends him on a breakaway, he dekes left, shoots but Kolzig closes the opening (BKY11). Francis has the puck and leaves it to Whitney... FORWARD LINE CHANGE 15:20 Whitney sets up Campbell, he shoots but Forsberg lifts his stick and Campbell fans on it. 16:00 Immediately, Forsberg sends Recchi alone, Recchi shoots (BKY9) and Kolzig resists again. Campbell has the puck. 16:40 Kasparaitis has a chance, he shoots (IS8), the puck is free but Forsberg jumps on it. 17:20 Forsberg loses the puck to Perreault. 18:00 Perreault passwes to Campbell. Campbell shoots, he hits the post!!! The puck gets on Forsberg's stick. 18:40 Perreault steals from Forsberg. Kolzig is waiting for a chance to be replaced by a sixth attacker. Perreault passes to Whitney... Could it be a hat trick to tie the game? Whitney shoots... and hit the post!!!!!! Recchi recovers the puck. 19:20 Recchi leaves the puck for Forsberg... Ten seconds left... Forsberg shoots from the blue line, Kolzig stops it (OS5) and the buzzer announces the end of the game!!! What a finish!!! FINAL SCORE : WESTERN 7 EASTERN 6. SHOTS ON GOAL: EASTERN 14 for 40, WESTERN 11 for 38. LES TROIS ETOILES "LA MAUDITE": 1. WEST - Jaromir Jagr (SER) - 2 goals 2. EAST - Ray Whitney (NJR) - 2 goals 3. WEST - Stephane Fiset (SER) - 16 saves on 17 shots in the first period SCORESHEET EASTERN CONFERENCE 6 WESTERN CONFERENCE 7 GOALS 1 2 3 F SHOTS 1 2 3 F Eastern 1 3 2 6 Eastern 17 9 14 40 Western 4 3 0 7 Western 10 17 11 38 First Period 1. WESTERN Jagr 1 (Friesen) 2:15 2. WESTERN Bourque 1 (Lindros, G.Courtnall) 6:20 3. WESTERN Leetch 1 (Lindros, Hamrlik) 8:09 4. WESTERN Fleury 1 (Leetch, Smolinski) 10:18 5. EASTERN Heinze 1 (Francis, Gretzky) 11:10 Pen: Campbell EAST 18:36; Second Period 6. EASTERN LeClair 1 (Allison, McLaren) 1:45 7. WESTERN Jagr 2 (Reichel, Duchesne) 3:39 8. WESTERN Yzerman 1 (Lidstrom, Friesen) 14:29 9. EASTERN Whitney 1 (Ozolinsh, Campbell) 15:31 10. EASTERN Whitney 2 (Perreault, Ozolinsh) 19:03 11. WESTERN Forsberg 1 (Niedermayer, Recchi) 19:35 Pen: Fleury WEST 12:28; Third Period 12. EASTERN Selanne 1 PP (Zhitnik) 3:49 13. EASTERN Bondra 1 (Brind'Amour, Zubov) 8:15 Pen: Selanne EAST 0:51; Roy WEST (served by Reichel) 3:35 POWER PLAY Eastern 1/2 Western 0/2 GOALIES Eastern MIN SOG GA GR Hasek 20 10 4 0/1 Belfour 20 17 3 5/7 Kolzig 20 11 0 1/1 Western Fiset 20 17 1 1/1 Brodeur 20 9 3 0/3 Roy 20 14 2 1/3 GAME WINNING GOAL Peter Forsberg (WESTERN)